EAST AFRICA · RESOURCES

Madagascar: natural resources

Minerals produced, mines and deposits, power capacity and how much the economy depends on resources. Madagascar is part of the Invest Global country data, so every figure carries its source.

Mines and deposits mapped
42
16 operating
Minerals above 1% of world
2
USGS MCS 2026
Power capacity
0.4 GW
12 plants
Clean share of electricity
42%
Ember, 2024

Minerals produced

MineralProductionShare of worldWorld rankReserves share
Graphite (natural) critical85,000 t5.5%28.7%
Cobalt critical3,100 t Co content1.0%70.8%
Rare earths critical1,400 t REO equivalent0.4%9No data

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, MCS 2026. Rank is among reporting countries.

Mines and deposits

Graphite17
Gold8
Platinum-group metals8
Chromium7
Iron ore4
Bauxite and aluminium3
Titanium2
Nickel2
Rare earths2
Vanadium1
SiteCommoditiesStatusOperatorSource
Ambatomitamba Sahanovo AreaGraphiteOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Andriamena Mining AreaChromiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bauxite - Malagasy Rep.Bauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Bauxite - Malagasy RepublicBauxite and aluminiumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Perinet-Ambatovy-AreaGraphiteOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Taolanaro DistrictTitaniumOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Vatomandry-AreaGraphiteOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
AmbatomitambaGraphiteOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
Andasifahatelo MineGraphiteOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
AndriamenaChromium, Iron oreOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
AntsirakamboGraphiteOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS
FaliaranoGraphiteOperatingNot statedUSGS MRDS

Showing operating and larger sites first. Open the map for every site.

Power capacity by fuel

Coal120 MW
Hydro113 MW
Oil73 MW
Gas30 MW
Solar25 MW
Largest plantsFuelCapacityOwner
AmbatovyCoal120 MWNot stated
AndekalekaHydro58 MWNot stated
MandrosezaOil40 MWNot stated
AmbatolampySolar25 MWNot stated
La MandrakaHydro24 MWNot stated
AmbohimanambolaOil20 MWNot stated
TamataveGas17 MWNot stated
SahanivotryHydro17 MWHYDELEC Madagascar SA

Source: WRI Global Power Plant Database v1.3 (CC BY 4.0). Plants of about 1 MW and above, data mostly 2018 to 2021.

Resource dependence

Oil rents
0.1%
% of GDP · 2021
Natural gas rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Coal rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Mineral rents
0.0%
% of GDP · 2021
Fuel exports
2.6%
% of merchandise exports · 2024
Ores and metals exports
32.9%
% of merchandise exports · 2024

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.